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EPA: Chemicals Found in Wyoming Drinking Water Might Be From Fracking

By Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination near the ranching town of Pavillion, Wyoming have found that at least three water wells contain a chemical used in the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing. Scientists also found traces of other contaminants, including oil, gas or metals, in 11 of 39 […]

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Water Problems From Drilling Are More Frequent Than PA Officials Said

By Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica When methane began bubbling out of kitchen taps near a gas drilling site in Pennsylvania last winter, a state regulator described the problem as “an anomaly.” But at the time he made that statement to ProPublica, that same official was investigating a similar case affecting more than a dozen homes near […]

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Democrats Call for Studies as Industry Assails Proposals to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing

By Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica A version of this story was co-published with Salon. Legislators who’ve been pushing a bill to regulate a controversial natural gas drilling process are now calling for further scientific study, a change in tack made under intense lobbying pressure and after a personal request from Colorado’s Democratic governor. If the lawmakers […]